Chapter 25 Chapter Nineteen

Kangle immediately went to the county guest house to find Gu Rong.It was raining hard, and the rain was splashing on the umbrella.As he was walking, Gu Rong's rather majestic tiger-like face appeared in front of his eyes.He wanted to take a closer look at this face, but no matter how much he focused, it always seemed a bit erratic.He laughed self-deprecatingly, and immediately detached himself from the emotion just now.Since Li Xiangnan came to the ancient tomb, the relationship between the characters in the ancient tomb has changed drastically, and human nature has shown different colors in various aspects, which provides good life materials for his literary creation.

He decided to write a novel with Li Xiangnan and Gu Rong as the main character models. Li Xiangnan is a very individual character. From the very beginning, Kang Le strongly felt his ability and vitality. On the third day after Li Xiangnan took office, Kangle was stunned as soon as he entered the office of the secretary of the county party committee. The layout of the inner and outer rooms had changed.The original large and small sofas and coffee tables in the outer room were removed, and the walls were left empty, with a long table in the middle surrounded by twenty chairs in a neat manner.

"We have a meeting room for the county committee," Kang Le said. "It's too troublesome to walk up and down across the yard. It's convenient for me to hold a meeting here." Li Xiangnan said. "You're streamlining and merging organizations," Kangle said. There was an uphill in front, and the water flowed down against the asphalt road and washed on the rain boots. Not far up the slope was the big gray gate of the county guest house. The personalities of the characters are condensed with all the environments they encounter. Where is the complexity of Li Xiangnan?

Li Xiangnan just came to Guling for a few days. The meeting has just ended, people have just left, and the smoke in the office has not yet cleared. "Xiang Nan, I won't call you Secretary Li right now." He sat down, crossed his legs and lit a cigarette. "You can call me by my name on any occasion." Li Xiangnan said.He was still flipping through the stack of report materials left by the participants at the conference table. "Come on, we have to consider your authority in public." "Authority depends on title?" "Who can do it now without showing off? To be approachable, you have to have some dignity. If you don't believe it, everyone will joke with you casually in public, which will damage your authority."

Li Xiangnan smiled, expressing his disapproval. "Xiang Nan, why did you decide to become the secretary of the county party committee?" He asked bluntly. "Obey the assignment." "Come on, you pretend I don't know? So you were going to be promoted to the deputy director of the provincial party committee's general office, and you asked for it yourself." He said straight away. Li Xiangnan felt a little unnatural, "What qualifications and experience do we have? Once we come up to an important position, we must be overwhelmed." Kang Le became a little impatient with Li Xiangnan's reservedness, "I said, Xiangnan, don't talk to me in official words, can we tell the truth, isn't one day's official talk enough? I think you asked for it after careful consideration. , how many people can achieve careers in politics by being a secretary? Don’t think that the deputy director of the provincial party committee office is equivalent to a prefectural party secretary, but what can he do? It’s just adhering to the will of the head. You go down to a county like this The number one leader kicks open the situation, and only in the long run can you really have capital. I think you are making the right move.”

Kang Le's "ruffian talk" made Li Xiangnan a little embarrassed.He said: "I haven't thought about it that much. I mainly want to do some practical work. Reform can't be studied in theory, it has to be practiced. Besides, the air is too dull in a big organization, so it's better to come to the grassroots. " Kang Le was really impatient with such a layer of words: "I think you are messing with politics." "Where have I ever been involved in politics?" Li Xiangnan said. "What did you do in the research room?" "That's research policy."

"I'm afraid that people will say that I have power ambitions. What kind of society can be transformed without power? It mainly depends on whether your way is good for the people. Don't think that I am not interested in politics, but I have no prejudice against politics. Am I right? " "Yes." Li Xiangnan nodded. "Then why can't you talk about your personal plans truthfully? For example, I will strive to become a great writer. What about you, Li Xiangnan? Haven't you ever thought that if you manage a county well, you will manage a region for you in the future? A province has laid the foundation? Power ambitions are the worst. But being a politician who has made achievements in history, what is there to be ashamed of talking about.”

"It's mainly because the word "politics" has been stigmatized in the past ten years or so." Li Xiangnan put down the material in his hand and said frankly, "Actually, politics can be said to be both the dirtiest and the most noble thing in human history. The question is what kind of politics are you engaging in? After all, politics concentrates the most fundamental interests, ideals and pursuits of millions of people, and it can be said to concentrate the most vigorous vitality in human history.” He frowned and pondered for a moment, staring at the spinning pencil in his hand, and continued after a while: "I admit, I want to engage in politics. I have studied the situation in China, Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, the West, and Japan. I am dissatisfied with China's past, and I don't appreciate the present of other countries. China must follow a path that suits its own national conditions." He smiled faintly, "But my current political enthusiasm is also limited. If I leave the historical I don’t want to have a career with revolutionary significance, and just mix in politics, which doesn’t appeal to me. Seriously, what’s the point of being a governor or a minister?”

"I understand what you said, the truth." Kangle said. Everything is very simple and clear as soon as it is said, but people are complicated because everyone is covering up intentionally or unintentionally. Kangle stepped into the gate of the county recruitment in the rain, and the old man Meng in the reception room poked his head out of the square window and called to him: "Comrade, who are you looking for?" The voice was not polite.When he recognized him, his face was immediately full of intimacy.He nodded and walked inward on the watery concrete road.Going in and out of the county guest house casually like this made him feel a little superior.Although it was subconscious, he realized it introspectively.No, even his own casual steps were revealed.It's ridiculous.

A red flower umbrella floated in front of him, and a girl who was graceful and graceful, saw him, and immediately smiled: "Director Kang is here?" She greeted sweetly.This is the waiter of the guest house, a sweet scent of cosmetics floats into the nose.He chatted with her a few words and broke up with a smile.Hearing the sound of her light footsteps behind him, he could imagine that very attractive walking posture.But then there was self-reflection in his heart: Why did a beautiful girl naturally arouse a subtle emotion in his heart?People have emotions and desires. Two days ago, he was very troubled when he heard that his wife who was an actress in Beijing was performing a play about hugging others.Aren't people all complicated?It can be asserted that all the characters appearing in literature are far less complex than the author himself.

This should be the way to gain insight into Li Xiangnan and Gu Rong.He wants to gain insight into the deepest inner secrets of Li Xiangnan and Gu Rong, or never reveal them to others.Thinking of this, he couldn't help smiling.Writers specialize in the study of people, including those of you who specialize in leading others. With such a mood, he walked into the "VIP Courtyard" and pushed open the door of Gu Rong's room. The atmosphere in the room was intense.Hu Fan and his son were arguing with Gu Rong's blushing face.Long Jinsheng sat and smoked.Xiao Hu turned his head and glanced at Kangle who just came in, showing a trace of annoyance at the unexpected guest.Hu Fan was still shaking his gray hair and said loudly: "Isn't it normal to transfer your job? It's unreasonable. You have a meeting, mention a few reasons, and slam the door and leave!" This is Chong Xiaohu's morning meeting. When the move goes. "What job transfer? Don't just be a good old man in a ignorant way, without looking at the essence. He," Xiao Hu turned his head and glanced at Kang Le, and said the words anyway, "that's to exclude dissidents." "I don't believe it. Secretary Li has just come to Guling for a few days. If there is any difference, you are purely guessing." Xiao Hu sneered disdainfully, and he couldn't argue with such a confused father: "You don't even know if you wash your head. Who can bear it like you, slapping and pulling, riding and pressing, no matter what." Row." "Stop arguing, what are father and son arguing about?" Gu Rong criticized, and at the same time motioned Kang Le to sit down on the sofa next to him. Kangle sat down softly, and Hu Fan sat down angrily, shaking out a cigarette, but couldn't find a match in his pocket for a long time.Xiao Hu gave him a blank look from a distance, and threw a box of matches over with a snap, and put it on the coffee table.Hu Fan flicked the match to the side, and said to Gu Rong: "You see, he is not as good as he is. As soon as Secretary Li came, he would pose problems for others, and he has no sense of the big picture." "Can he represent the overall situation of the ancient tomb?" Xiao Hu said, "I don't see that he cares about the overall situation of the ancient tomb." "Okay, your argument is over." Gu Rong waved his hands majestically.Hu Fan opened his mouth "Secretary Li" and closed his mouth "Secretary Li", which really made him feel uncomfortable.A veteran of the "March 8th" style, he admires Li Xiangnan all day long, and he has no status at all.It's been a month, and I still can't see the conflict between Li Xiangnan and Gu Rong, and I'm still talking nonchalantly to him, what a fool.However, he knew that Hu Fan was a careless person, so he didn't take it seriously.He can see through Xiao Hu and doesn't like it.This young man is too smart. He used to stick to Zheng Dali, but now he sticks to himself.However, such people are the most useful right now, so we must unite all those who can be united.He smiled and criticized gently: "Little Hu, your advantage is that you have your own opinions, and you can say what you want. The disadvantage is that you are too careless about methods and methods, and you are too rash. What do you think?" This criticism is tantamount to appreciation.Xiao Hu lowered his head obediently. "It's not just that they don't talk about methods and methods, but the main reason is that they are too selfish and start everything from themselves." Hu Fan got angry again. His words made Gu Rong very unhappy, and he interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "Little Hu's strengths are outstanding and capable. We old people should respect young people, think about them more, and give full play to their role. Little Hu Hu, slowly learn to increase self-restraint." Hu Fan ran out of words, and lowered his head to smoke. "Xiaokang," Gu Rong turned his head and greeted Kangle kindly at this moment, "is it raining so heavily?" "Some work arrangements will be reported to you." "Just make a phone call. Haven't eaten yet? You young people are all about efficiency in doing things. Eat at my place later, and I'll ask them to prepare it." Gu Rong was particularly amiable towards Kangle.Kang Le couldn't help admiring his self-cultivation: he clearly knew that he was inclined to Li Xiangnan, but he didn't seem to care. Kang Le briefly reported the situation in the past few days.Gu Rong leaned on the sofa and listened with great interest, interjecting a sentence or two from time to time: "Okay, I made it very clear." "What's your opinion?" "Go ahead." That expression of appreciation and trust , as if listening to a cronies report.This situation aroused Xiao Hu's jealousy, he glanced here from time to time coldly, looked out of the window impatiently, raised his wrist to look at his watch, and finally put down his legs heavily and stood up.Kang Le has long felt Xiao Hu's jealousy. At this time, he looked at Xiao Hu and said with a smile: "I have a few more words to finish, and Xiao Hu has something to report to you." Gu Rong has long seen Xiao Hu's expression in his eyes, and he is very familiar with the psychology of his subordinates fighting for favor.In fact, he is often willing to keep it that way, which is in the best interest of strengthening his position.He reached out his hand and signaled to Kang Le: "You talk about yours. Xiao Hu has nothing to do. If you have something to do, you can come and talk in the afternoon." Xiao Hu bit his lip, sat down again with a sullen face, and took out a cigarette.That appearance shows his determination to walk behind Kang Le.Kangle secretly smiled amusedly, and continued, "The day after tomorrow, we decided to arrange for all the county standing committee members to visit the villages of the following communes." He explained the whole plan. "Xiangnan's opinion?" Gu Rong felt that Li Xiangnan was playing some new tricks. "Yes. Xiang Nanrang asked you to see if your body can go?" "I'm not going." Gu Rong said. "Also let you all go to the research room." Kang Le turned to Xiao Hu and said. "Why should I go?" Xiao Hu sneered. "What practical problem are you going to solve? You can't engage in formalism, right?" Gu Rong continued to Kangle. "The general purpose is to take a look at the following situation on the ground, and unify the estimation and thinking of the rural situation." "What other specific purpose?" "Other plans, I haven't heard him specifically." "You don't know either?" "How can Xiaokang not know." Xiao Hu interjected, "What is Li Xiangnan not discussing with you? Didn't you help plan every deployment? Xiaokang, let me give you an advice, don't be too oily alone. Tell me frankly, what is your attitude towards Secretary Gu now? Who do you mean by 'this bunch of big and small bureaucrats'? Don't think that others can't see it." Kang Le was a little embarrassed. "When did I hide my views?" He turned around carelessly, spread his hands and said in a perfunctory manner. "Then just put it out sentence by sentence, what have you said to Secretary Gu?" "Xiao Hu, why are you talking nonsense?" Gu Rong suddenly lowered his face at Xiao Hu, and flew into a rage. "I," Xiao Hu didn't expect Gu Rong to get angry at him at all, and was stunned, "There is a reason..." "A young man must be upright. What is the purpose of your talking like this, to make Xiaokang rotten in my place? Xiaokang has worked with me for so many years, don't I know him? I don't have the minimum trust in my comrades, and I am suspicious. What can I do?" Work. Our work sometimes fails because it is too narrow-minded and too heartless. Xiaokang has come to Guling since jumping in the queue in 1968. It has been 14 years. He has feelings for Guling and understands the situation. Doesn't he know how to be responsible for Gu Ling?" This scolding was too severe.Xiao Hu bit his lip, lowered his head with an ugly expression. The room was silent for a while.Gu Rong stood up, took a few steps in the room, and said in a soft voice, "If you want to go all over the world, not treating people with sincerity is the worst thing." He stopped beside Xiao Hu, took out a cigarette with his back to him, and went to Xiao Hu put one on the table in front of him, and then lit himself a cigarette.This natural but meticulous comfort made Xiao Hu's nose sore, tears of grievance were about to flow out.He tightened his lips, picked up the cigarette and put it forward, stood up with his hands on the table, without looking at anyone, opened the door and left with a gloomy expression. There was silence in the room.In the rain, I heard Xiao Hu's footsteps walking out of the yard. Gu Rong didn't take it seriously, he knew that the more he did this, the more he would be able to control Xiao Hu in the end.He sat down on the sofa slowly, and sighed: "My words are a bit serious." He looked at Hu Fan and asked: "Go back and tell him, don't take it to heart." Then, he said to Kang Le with all his heart : "For comrades, I only believe in my own personal understanding. Xiaokang is the one I know and trust the most. We jump in line and stay together." Ten years ago, Kangle was an educated youth jumping in the queue in Beijing, and Gu Rong was a jumping cadre in the county in a village.This long-forgotten history brought up at this time immediately brought a sense of intimacy to the relationship between the two. "Without you, I might have paid the food bill at that time." Gu Rong once suffered from a serious illness in the countryside, with intestinal adhesions. Kangle and his group of educated youths took him to the county hospital overnight on a stretcher.Gu Rong's nostalgia made Kangle feel kind.As usual, although the intellect can perceive the purposefulness contained in Gu Rong's words and deeds, when being with him, he is still affected by his kind jokes. "Xiaokang, and you, I can speak frankly." Gu Rong said, "I think some of Xiang Nan's actions are not realistic enough. I have such a view, and you are the most understanding. Right?" A series of probation steps surround here.Kang Le found that it was very difficult for him to open his mouth to clearly deny his words at this time.He could only perfunctorily say: "A person's point of view always has his starting point." Gu Rong nodded: "I know you understand. You have been in Guling for more than ten years, and you should play a more role. You can also talk to Xiang Nan. This job is more suitable for you than me." It doesn't matter to Gu Rong whether Kang Le does this job or not, as long as he can say such words to Kang Le in such a credible tone, and Kang Le can listen to such words, he has completed the adjustment of Kang Le's relationship. Kang Le obviously also felt Gu Rong's deep meaning, but she didn't have the strength to deny it without embarrassment, and she didn't feel much emotionally disgusted with Gu Rong.He had to admire the deputy secretary's wrist. Kang Le didn't have time to think too much.Feng Yaozu and Gui Zhen pushed the door open and came in.Guizhen's face was very ugly. "What's wrong?" Gu Rong asked, he had a premonition of something, and his heart sank.Guizhen's face was pale, her hair was messy, and her trouser legs were soaked with water.Feng Yaozu looked at Kang Le, hesitated and didn't say anything. "Xiaokang is not an outsider. If you have anything to say, just say it." Gu Rong said. "That's it..." Feng Yaozu hesitated to speak. "Why are you so wordy?" Gu Rong was a little impatient. "That's right, the procuratorate has approved the arrest of Xiaorong and the others." As if Gu Rong had been struck by lightning, his hands stopped in mid-air. "What do you think we should do?" Guizhen asked without any idea. "The Public Security Bureau sent people to Guangzhou a few days ago," Feng Yaozu said. Gu Rong didn't say a word.He struck a match to light a cigarette, his hands were shaking violently, but the cigarette was not lit. "Secretary Gu, don't worry too much, pay attention to your body." Feng Yaozu hurriedly comforted him. Gu Rong frowned tightly, squinted his eyes, and didn't say a word.He was not unprepared for this situation, but he was still shocked when it happened suddenly.Thinking of Xiaorong being handcuffed into the detention center, he felt as if he had been stabbed in the heart. "What should we do?" Guizhen asked anxiously. Gu Rong didn't seem to hear, lit a cigarette, and sat there motionless. "Why don't you speak?" Gui Zhen became even more anxious. Long Jinsheng looked at Gu Rong worriedly, his mouth moved but he didn't say anything. "Secretary Gu, don't..." Feng Yaozu said carefully. "Me? It doesn't matter." Gu Rong stood up, "Arrest should be arrested, and justice should be done. Whoever made him break the criminal law." Gui Zhen looked at him in astonishment. "In this matter, no one is allowed to make petty moves, do you hear me?" He looked at Gui Zhen and Feng Yaozu with extremely stern eyes. Gui Zhen opened her mouth to say something, bit her lip again and lowered her head. "Just do what you want, don't mix it with work." Gu Rong said again. "Yes." Hu Fan said nonchalantly. "Go back," Gu Rong softly comforted Gui Zhen, "The child is old, we can't cover him from head to toe for the rest of his life." His voice was a little hoarse, and his gloomy face was covered with a look that had never been seen before. Old state.Gui Zhen lowered her head and did not move, she burst into tears. Gu Rong looked at Feng Yaozu and Long Jinsheng, and simply instructed: "The day after tomorrow, Xiaokang said that all the county standing committees will go to the countryside below. You may know about it. You should make preparations. Especially Laolong, bring your questions." Go, it’s better to face the reality. Tell Xiao Hu and let him prepare.” He paused for a moment, pointed to Kang Le, and solemnly confessed to Feng Yaozu and Long Jinsheng: “In the future, if you have something to do, you can talk more Discuss with Xiaokang, Xiaokang is very intelligent. Discussing with him is the same as discussing with me." Several people glanced at Kang Le. "Xiaokang, there are many things I can't think about. In the future, you can help me think more about it." Kang Le was moved by Gu Rong's trust and sadness.Seeing his dejected appearance, Kang Le couldn't help feeling sympathetic. "Is Li Xiangnan here?" Gu Rong asked him. "Not here at the moment." "Where did you go?" "Going to Chen Village." Gu Rong didn't speak.Sure enough, Li Xiangnan went to Chencun. "Has that letter been sent?" After a pause, he asked Feng Yaozu. "It was posted a few days ago." Gu Rong nodded.He has never been so calm as now, he knows what he will prepare for Li Xiangnan.